The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-08-04
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Oxford has nineteen new brick
buildings and two handsome brick
warehouses going upip place Of the
fifteen old wooden structures recently
burned. 80.
The Chronicle gives these figures
In North Carolina there have been
established within the past six months
ffty-one new postofices, eighteen have
had their names changed, and twenty
one were discontinued.
On last Thursday, Mr.. William
Norfeet of Tarboro, committed suicide
at the Walker House, Cary, N. c., by
shooting himself in the head. His
mind seemed to be healthy state and
no cause for the accident is known.
Col. Saml r. Street, ST., for many
years proprietor of the CASTOR House,
New Berne, and who at one time had
charge of the National Hotel in this
city, died at the former place on last
Thursday, 2Sth inst. He had been
sick only ten days. :
! Henderson Gold Leaf: The con-
tractors have gone to work on the
GAINESVILLE and Oxford Railroad, and
it may now be regarded as a certainty
the road will be completed in less than
twelve months. Its completion will
not only give Oxford a boom, but will
be of great advantage to Henderson
Greensboro Patriot: The dynamo
for the electric lights is being placed
in position to-day, and the lights will
be tested tomorrow. After the lst
of August darkness will be no more
in far-famed City of Flowers, when ell
ectricity will take the place of tallow
candles, oil and gas, the same as the
locomotive did the stage coach of long
ago-Caswell tobacco sold on the
market last week for 500 per hundred.
Lenoir Topic: Thursday morning,
just after the freight train had steamed
out of the depot and as it was clearing
the tank ~trestle, a car load of Is cattle
broke the door down and began Jump
ing out. One cow had her shoulder
broken and several were bruised and
SCARED up but none were killed. They
were all driven back to the depot and
the train was backed up, when they
were reloaded and securely fast
ened up.
Charlotte Observer: The farmers
gathering in Providence townships, was
a most successful and pleasant affair,
it was estimated that there we're be-
tween 1900 and 1000 people present.
Gen. r. Barringer, of this city, deliv-
cred a. short address, as did, Rey. Mr..
McClees. Capt. S. B. Alexander was
also billed for a speech, but about the
time he began to get warmed up on
his subject the rain storm struck the
crowd and drove the listeners away.
Thessfarmers of the neighborhood are
In high spirit oveEthe prospects for a
proftable crop, and everything now
points to Notwithstanding hopes.
New. Berne. Jldsa4a 81 ;igsB3 esast, bound
mail train on sthe'Aasa&sM G.saR. had
a little accident. On Thursday might,
when about nine or ten miles below
Kinston,- by cow running upon the
track just in front of the engine. OF
course there had to be a collision I'm.
less one or1the other cleared the track
and as it was not convenient for the
engine to do so, and the cow claimed
the right of way the collision had to
come. and the result was that both got
off the track, the COW never to return
again and the engine to be delayed
several hours The engine, tender,
baggage and express car and the sec.
ond-class car all jumped the track,
and, said a gentleman who was, a pas
senger, but for the great GOODNESS and
good Judgment Of the engineer, there
is no telling what would have become